WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY CHEM 1410 CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES I: General /Organic Chemistry FALL 1998 STAFF Instructor: Dr. Mary T. Office: 33 Chemistry 577-2431 Lab: 20 Chemistry 577-0780 Office Hours: MWF 9:30A - 10:30A or any time by appointment Lab/ Instructors: Noel Moore 83 Chemistry 577-5827 Joel Stanley 20 Chemistry 577-0780 Shikha Varma 485 Chemistry 577-4576 SCHEDULE LECTURE 8:30A - 9:25A MWF 1109 Science 88529 8:30A - 9:25A Th 0112 State Noel Moore Lab 8:30 A - 12:30P T 2039 Science 18046 8:30A - 9:25A Th 0115 State Joel Stanley Lab 9:35A - 1:35P Th 1028 Science 48546 Lab 8:30A - 9:25A 12:50P - 4:50P Th W 0135 State 2039 Science Shikha Varma REQUIRED MATERIALS Textbooks: Other: 1. Whitten, Davis and Peck, General Chemistry, 5 th ed. 2. Bruice, Organic Chemistry, 2 nd ed. 3. Laboratory Handouts 1. Bound laboratory notebook 8 x 10 (pages must be numbered in ink) 2. Material fee card, $20.00 GRADING CRITERIA 3 Hour Exams Mon. Sept. 28, Mon. Oct. 26, Mon. Nov. 23 300pts Final Exam Thurs. Dec. 17 (8:00A - 10:30A) 200pts Homework Weekly 300pts zes Weekly 100pts Lab Based on lab write-ups 100pts Total points possible 1000pts LECTURE & LABORATORY SCHEDULE FOR CHM 1410, FALL 1998 Week Date Lecture Topic Chapter Laboratory
1 9/8-9/11 Chemical Thermodynamics W15 No Check in, MSDS activity 2 9/14-9/18 Chemical Kinetics W16 1 Recrystallization / Mixed Melting Point 3 9/21-9/25 Chemical Equilibrium W17 2 Heats of Reaction by Calorimetry 4 9/28 FIRST HOURLY EXAM 4 9/29-10/2 Ionic Equilibria W18 No Getting to Equilibrium / Kinetics 5 10/5-10/9 Gases & the Kinetic Molecular Theory W12 3 Determination of an Equilibrium Constant 6 10/12-10/16 Liquids & Solids W13 4 Chemical Equilibrium: LeChatelier s Principle 7 10/19-10/23 Solutions W14 5 Chemically Active Extraction Techniques: Acid and Base Properties 8 10/26 SECOND HOURLY EXAM 8 10/27-10/30 Atomic Structure & Chemical Periodicity W5,W6 No Determination of pk a and Equivalent Weights 9 11/2-11/6 Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure W7,W8 6 Determination of the Gas Constant 10 11/9-11/13 Chemical Bonding W9, B1 7 IR Lab, Functional Groups 11 11/16-11/20 Intro to Organic Compounds, Nomenclature, Properties & Structure B2 8 Properties of Hydrocarbons 12 11/23 THIRD HOURLY EXAM 12 11/24-11/25 Reactions of Alkenes B3 No No lab 12 11/26-11/27 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 13 11/30-12/4 Reactions of Alkenes & Alkynes B3,B5 9 Isomerization of Maleic Acid to Fumaric Acid 14 12/7-12/11 Electron Delocalization, B6 CHECK OUT OF LAB Resonance & Aromaticity 10 15 12/14-12/16 Reactions of Dienes B7 15 12/17 FINAL EXAM 8:00A-10:30A 2
COURSE POLICIES 1. Excused absences for examinations must be approved BEFORE the starting time of the exam. (Dr. will be in her office before the start of each exam and may be reached there by phone in the event of last minute emergencies. (See office phone number on the previous page)). Dr. reserves the right to change the date of any of the in class exams should situations or conditions arise that make it necessary for her to do so. 2. Homework assignments will be given out on most Mondays and will be due the following Monday at the BEGINNING of class. There will be a total of ten homework assignments worth 30 points each. Late assignments will be accepted until 10:30A on the Thursday morning immediately following the due date. However, a penalty of 5 points per day late will be incurred. Deadline extensions may be given for exceptional cases. Excused extensions must be arranged PRIOR to the time at which the assignment is due. Although collaboration on homework assignments is acceptable, each student must turn in an INDEPENDENT assignment that represents THEIR OWN work. 3. zes will be given during most meetings of the sections (see attached schedule). There will be a total of ten quizzes worth 10 points each. The quizzes will be based on the homework assigned for that week and are intended to help prepare you for the next exam. There will be no make ups for quizzes. 4. SHOW ALL OF YOUR WORK ON PROBLEMS GIVEN ON EXAMS, HOMEWORK AND QUIZZES. Providing only the correct final answer will result in very few points. Regrades on exams, homework assignments and quizzes must be taken care of within one week after they are returned. 5. Grades will be based on the following scale. Depending upon the class performance grade cutoffs may go down slightly (they will NOT go up under any circumstances). A 900-1000 pts B 800-899 C 700-799 D 600-699 E < 600 5. Students wishing to transfer to CHM 1220 & 1230 may do so during the first two weeks if an open section is available. The last day for which approval will be granted for dropping CHM 1410 is Monday, October 19th. 6. For policies regarding the laboratory, see page 4. 3
INSTRUCTIONS FOR RECORDING INFORMATION IN YOUR LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS I. Use only a bound notebook of the type designated for this course. II. After skipping the first two right hand pages, number all of the right hand pages sequentially. III. The Table of Contents should be recorded on the first two pages skipped above and should be updated each time a new experiment is entered. IV. Record all data in the notebook AT THE TIME THAT YOU OBTAIN IT!!! As noted below, use only the right hand pages for recording data; the left hand pages can be used to make notes to yourself, or for rough calculations, etc.) Do not record any data on unbound sheets of paper with the intention of copying it into the notebook later. Notebooks must be up to data at ALL times to be legitimate. V. All entries must be made in the notebook IN INK!!! VI. The information recorded in the notebook should be organized as follows: 1. TITLE OF EXPERIMENT & DATE - (at the top of the first page for that experiment). 2. UNKNOWN # - (if applicable) - listed beside title of experiment and CIRCLED! 3. PURPOSE OF EXPERIMENT - A three to five line description of the reasons for doing the experiment 4. PROCEDURE - often required especially in higher level courses but is not in this course as all procedures are provided on handouts or in the laboratory manual. You may include procedures if you wish, but they will not be graded. 5. DATA - Raw data may be written on the left page if you desire. However, FINAL DATA must be shown on the right page (including such items as size of sample used, initial and final weights and/or burette readings and the net volume delivered, weighings, etc.) INCLUDE APPROPRIATE SIGNIFICANT FIGURES AND UNITS! 6. CALCULATIONS - Show at least one complete calculation in detail. If multiple determinations are made, only the final result of the calculation needs to be recorded for replicate determinations. WATCH SIGNIFICANT FIGURES AND INCLUDE UNITS WHENEVER APPROPRIATE! 7. RESULTS - DRAW A BOX around your final result so that the grader may find it easily. 8. CONCLUSIONS - Make some intelligent comments about your results. Be sure to explain probable sources of error, especially when data appears to be in error. 4
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CHEMISTRY 1410-1420 SEQUENCE? Chemistry 1410 is the highest level beginning college-level general chemistry course offered at Wayne State. The laboratory associated with this course includes both general and organic chemistry laboratories. Chemistry 1410 is followed by Chemistry 1420 which includes a laboratory in organic chemistry. Together, Chemistry 1410 (5 hrs) and 1420 (5 hrs) represent an integrated accelerated sequence which includes all of the material normally covered in the three-semester sequence Chemistry 1220/1230 (5 hrs), 1240/1250 (5 hrs) and 2220/2230 (5 hrs). (NOTE: Credit cannot be earned for CHM 2220/2230 after completing CHM 1420.) Thus, the pace of the sequence is quite rapid, but thorough. By completing this sequence, you will be off to a faster start in your science curriculum. The CHM 1410-1420 sequence is designed for students who have done well in high school chemistry and who are willing to work at a more rapid pace. It is not intended for geniuses, but is principally intended for students who are considering a career in chemistry, medicine or chemical engineering, or other science curricula. Students completing CHM 1410 are expected to continue on into CHM 1420 (although this is not a requirement). Therefore, individuals who intend to complete only one semester of chemistry are not encouraged to enroll. Both CHM 1410 and 1420 carry honors credit which may be applied toward an Honors degree. However, only a small fraction of students who complete this sequence continue to pursue Honors degrees. In general, students who have a distinct interest in science are encouraged to enroll without regard to their participation in the Honors program. Students who are uncertain about their ability to survive in CHM 1410 are encouraged to discuss their background with Dr. during the first week of class. If necessary, arrangements can be made to transfer to the CHM 1220/1230 lecture section meeting at the same time. For students who complete CHM 1410 but find the pace to be burdensome, it is possible to enroll in CHM 1240/1250 for the second semester. This will result in some repetition of material and will eliminate the advantage of completing the material in CHM 1410 and 1420 in an accelerated manner. Normally, a few students each year choose to do this, however, and this course of action may be recommended by the instructor in a few cases. Although many of the students enrolled in CHM 1410-1420 have had more than one year of high school chemistry, only one year is required for entering this sequence. All of the material normally covered in a second-year high school chemistry course will be covered again in CHM 1410, but the pace at which material will be covered is accelerated because it is presumed that all students enrolled are capable of mastering the material on the first exposure. Past analyses of student performance in CHM 1410 and 1420 have indicated that students who have had a second year of high school chemistry do not necessarily perform better than those who have had only a single year. Interestingly, it has also been shown that there is almost no correlation between the score achieved on the CHM 1220/1230 placement exam and the final grades obtained in CHM 1410 and 1420. The main requirement for achieving top grades in CHM 1410 and 1420 is a willingness to WORK HARD! Because the CHM 1410-1420 sequence has a limited enrollment, the atmosphere in the classroom is much more intimate and class discussion is highly encouraged. Within the first three weeks it is expected that all members of the class will be acquainted. Thus it is hoped that the entire experience of beginning chemistry will be enhanced for those who elect to take this sequence. 5